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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Measurement of the energy spectrum of cosmic rays above 10¹⁸ eV using the Pierre Auger Observatory |
Other Titles: | Measurement of the energy spectrum of cosmic rays above 10(18) eV using the Pierre Auger Observatory |
Author: | Barber, K. Bellido Caceres, J. Clay, R. Cooper, M. Dawson, B. Herve, A. Holmes, V. Sorokin, J. Wahrlich, P. Whelan, B. Winnick, M. |
Citation: | Physics Letters B: Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics, 2010; 685(4-5):239-246 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV |
Publisher Place: | Sweden |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
ISSN: | 0370-2693 1873-2445 |
Organisation: | Pierre Auger Collaboration |
Statement of Responsibility: | J. Abraham... K. B. Barber... J. A. Bellido... R. W. Clay... M. J. Cooper... B. R. Dawson... A. E. Herve... V. C. Holmes... J. Sorokin... P. Wahrlich... B. J. Whelan... M. G. Winnick... |
Abstract: | We report a measurement of the flux of cosmic rays with unprecedented precision and statistics using the Pierre Auger Observatory. Based on fluorescence observations in coincidence with at least one surface detector we derive a spectrum for energies above 10¹⁸ eV. We also update the previously published energy spectrum obtained with the surface detector array. The two spectra are combined addressing the systematic uncertainties and, in particular, the influence of the energy resolution on the spectral shape. The spectrum can be described by a broken power law E−γ with index γ=3.3 below the ankle which is measured at log10(Eankle/eV)=18.6. Above the ankle the spectrum is described by a power law with index 2.6 followed by a flux suppression, above about log10(E/eV)=19.5, detected with high statistical significance. |
Keywords: | Pierre Auger Observatory cosmic rays energy spectrum |
Rights: | © 2010 Elsevier B.V. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.02.013 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2010.02.013 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 IPAS publications Physics publications |
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